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Yak shaving

term for an apparently useless activity which allows one to solve a larger problem
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Yak shaving

Summary

Yak shaving is a term[1].

Key Facts

  • Yak shaving is the creator of Carlin James Vieri[2].
  • Yak shaving's instance of is recorded as term[3].
  • Yak shaving's instance of is recorded as concept[4].
  • Yak shaving's based on is recorded as The Ren & Stimpy Show[5].
  • Yak shaving is the opposite of down the rabbit hole[6].
  • Yak shaving's described at URL is recorded as https://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb/old-archive/gsb-archive/gsb2000-02-11.html[7].
  • Yak shaving's described at URL is recorded as https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/yak-shaving[8].
  • Yak shaving's described at URL is recorded as https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/388092/what-exactly-is-yak-shaving[9].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include term[3] and concept[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . techtarget.com. Retrieved . techtarget.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . techtarget.com. Retrieved . techtarget.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . techtarget.com. Retrieved . techtarget.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . techtarget.com. Retrieved . techtarget.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . projects.csail.mit.edu. Retrieved . projects.csail.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . techtarget.com. Retrieved . techtarget.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . softwareengineering.stackexchange.com. Retrieved . softwareengineering.stackexchange.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Wd-Ryan · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → term for an apparently useless activity which allows one to solve a larger probl
    Instance of → term, concept
    Opposite of → down the rabbit hole
    Described at url → https://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb/old-archive/gsb-archive/g, https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/yak-shaving, https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3880
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6254]]: [[Lexeme:L221042]]"
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